Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 646, James Fleming, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Fleming James or Flemming
W646
B.L.Wt. 12733-160-55
Mary
Bowie N.C.
CONTENTS

7023 Ohio
To Hon R. G. Schenck May 9,
Saml. Hemming
of Preble Co in the State of Ohio who was a Pri. of War in the Company commanded by Captain Hale of the Regt. commanded by Col. Davis in the Ohio militia times for 6 months from 1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 25 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Feby 1833. and sent to J. M. Jr. M c Nutt Eaton P.O.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833. $ 50.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. 12.50 $ 62.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 8. Page 8.

99.416 Act Mar 3 55
April 25 55
Mary Fleming widow of James Fleming fri
Private Col David J. L. Smith Revolutionary Prisoner
No 12-4-33
Ohio July 53- 2.21
Ad. 160 acres Dec 2 10/55
Dodge
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Mary Fleming Box No 142 Easton Ohio,
Vol. F. 74.

Increase Ohio 21 27
1593 March 31 Bbl 18
H.D. Tector history - Prior
Mary Fleming widow of James Fleming who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private C.R.C. Miller
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 88 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. Did paym't made since
27 July 1868
Certificate of Pension issued 21 day of Oct 1868
and sent to Robert Miller Eaton Preble Co Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol. H
J. N. Smith Secy

   Record Marriages Preble County Ohio   Date Whom Married By whom     November 12 th 1834 James Fleming Senr & Mary Johnston Samuel Mitchell M.G.  
The State of Ohio. Preble County ss I hereby certify, that the foregoing is truly taken and copied from the Record of Marriages, within and for the said County of Preble, now remaining in my Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and the seal of my Office, as Judge (and Ex officio Clerk) of the Probate Court of said County of Preble this 29 th day of June AD 1833
John V. Campbell Probate Judge

11. 5825 James Fleming Ohio
Preble County from 1779 private of Cavalry 6 months. $25. -
J. M. W. McNeill.

BRIEF in the case of James Fleming of the County of Preble in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70. years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol. In 1779. March upwards of 3. As a Private Can Capt. Hales Gen. Lincoln   Vol. 1780. July 3 Private Cavalry " Morrison. " Stewart. Col. Davis  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Roman County North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. S. Evans. Examining Clerk.
Says he served upwards of six months

Mr. ORW
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan'y 27 190 8
Sir,
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully,
Mr. Harvey C. Weiford Huntington Ind
J. H. Davenport Actg Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, James Fleming.  Where did he enter service? Rowan (or Roan) County North Carolina  7 Enlistments. March 1779 and July 1780. (Town, county, and State.)  Under what officers did he serve? Capt. James Hall and Capt. William Stewart.  Place of residence after service, Kentucky (Bourbon Co.) (Town, county, and State.)  Approximate date of death, April 13th, 1835.  Given name of widow, Elizabeth Fleming.  Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Entered on Pension roll Feb. 22-1833  Additional information, James Fleming was born in Iredell Co. N. Carolina 1762. Fathers name was William Fleming.
Signature, Harvey C. Weiford (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, } #101 Cherry Street,
Huntington, Huntington Co.
Indiana.

James Lening
11582

The state of Ohio. Preble County, Court of common pleas. September Term A. D. 1832
First Judicial circuit of the court of common pleas
On this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of common pleas, in and for the County of Preble, in the state of Ohio James Fleming aged seventy years, a resident of the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration on oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty two That, he volunteered in the light horse forces, under Captain James Hall, in Rowan County North Carolina in March, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that they marched from the place where he entered the service, as aforesaid, to Augusta, or near to that place; that they marched from Augusta to Edisto river in South Carolina, just below a place called the saw mills, where they joined the main army under the command of General Lincoln. That the whole body of troops marched from the place last mentioned to Dorchester, South Carolina, where they lay encamped for several days; That they marched under the command of General Lincoln, about the first of May 1779, to the cross roads between Ashly and Stone rivers, where the British had been encamped, and where it was the intention of General Lincoln to attack them. The company to which this Deponent belonged were stationed at said cross roads, for about two months to watch the anticipated approach of General Provost, that he obtained his discharge on the fifth day of July 1779. signed by James Hall. dated at Ashly Ferry

which he now produces in court. During this tour Deponent served upwards of three months
Deponent further saith, some time in July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty he again volunteered as a light horse mutineer, in a company of light horse raised by James Morrison, in Rowan County North Carolina, and which made a part of the army of the war of the Revolution. That Captain Morrison did not take the command of the company, but that the same was commanded by Captain William Stewart. That the said company marched into Lincoln County North Carolina, into the forks of the Catawba river, to disarm the Tories; from thence they marched to Mecklenburg County, where they were joined Colonel Davie, where they remained marching from place to place, until the seventeenth day of October seventeen hundred and eighty, when he was discharged, and received a written discharge which he now produces to the court signed by Captain Stewart and Major J. Reuburford Deponent says that during this tour he was in the service three months. And that he served in all upwards of six months as a volunteer mutineer in the army of the Revolution - Deponent states that he was born in that part of Rowan County N.C. which is now included in Iredell County, in the year seventeen hundred and sixty two. That he has resided in Preble County Ohio, about twenty five years. Deponent states that he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his services, except the aforesaid certificates of his discharge, and he does not know of any witness living by whom he can prove the same Deponent has no written record of his age. Deponent is well known to Alexander Mitchell and John L. Dickey, and others residents of said Preble County, by whom, as he

believes he can prove that he sustained a good character for truth and veracity, and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim, to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid James James Fleming
J. C. Van Kins Clerk
We Alexander Mitchell and John L. Dickey residents of the county of Preble in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Fleming who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be the above declarant; that he sustained a good character for truth and veracity; that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we have full confidence in the truth of his declarations
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. C. Van Kins Clerk
Alexander Mitchell
John L. Dickey
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Alexander Mitchell and John L. Dickey who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of Preble County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
By the Court
J. C. Van Kins Clerk

I Joseph C Hawkins, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of James Fleming for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this twenty fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty two - J. C. Hawkins Clerk

State of Ohio
Preble county ss. and now here on this 29 th day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three Personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court Holden at Eaton within and for the county Preble and State of Ohio Mary Fleming a resident of Preble county and State of Ohio aged sixty six years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1853 Granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of James Fleming who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that her said husband the said James Fleming was pensioned under the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 and that his said pension was paid to him at the Ohio agency at Cincinnati Ohio at the rate of twenty five dollars per annum on account of his said service in the war of the Revolution.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Fleming on the 12 th day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty four that her said husband the said James Fleming died on the 13 th day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty five That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a Widow
Mary Fleming
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court, the 29 th day of June A.D. 1853. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of my office as Judge of the Probate Court of Preble County, John V. Clapp Judge.

Declaration of Mary Fleming widow of James Fleming deceased for a Pension under the Act of Feby 3. d 1853
22nd and all correspondence on this application to the address of Stephens Eaton Ohio

on this 29 th day of June 1853. Personally appeared Isaac L Johnston before the Judge of the Probate Court and being sworn according to law deposes and says. I am acquainted with Mary Fleming the widow of James Fleming deceased and I was well acquainted the said James Fleming and I know that he is dead he died on the 13 th day of April AD 1835. I was present at the time of his death he died in Preble county Ohio. I know that the said Mary Fleming is now a widow and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband, Isaac L Johnston
at the same time and place came Marcus B. Chadwick who being duly sworn deposes and says I was well acquainted with the above named James Fleming and I know that he is dead he died at the time and place stated by the said I. L. Johnston in the above deposition I am also acquainted with his widow Mary Fleming and I know that she is now a widow and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband
M. B. Chadwick
The State of Ohio. Preble County ss
I John V. Campbell Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that the above named Isaac L Johnston & Marcus B. Chadwick two credible and disinterested witnesses were duly and legally sworn by me, and that they subscribed the foregoing depositions before me in open Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of Office as Judge the Probate Court aforesaid
John V. Campbell Probate Judge

99.416
Bounty Land Claim of Mary Fleming widow of James Fleming War of the Revolution
Adders
Mary Fleming Eaton Ohio
Box No. 142

State of Ohio Preble County ss. on this 9 th day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace  Probate Judge in and for the County of Preble and State of Ohio Mary Fleming aged 68 years a resident of Preble County and State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of James Fleming deceased who was a private soldier in the War and Army of the Revolution and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress pas- sed the 7 th June 1832 and she refers the commissioner of Pensions to his declaration and papers on file in the Pension Office in proof of the services of her said husband as a soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War she also declares that she is a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of February 3 rd 1853 that she was placed on the Pension list on account of the services of her said husband in the War of the Revolution and to her declaration on file in the Pension Office she also refers the commissioner of Pensions in support of her claim to Bounty Land. she further states that she believes her said husband served as a private soldi- er in the Revolutionary War for about nine months in the A Carolina Troops or militia and that he was honorably discharged all which will appear by reference to his said declaration & papers on file in the Pension Office She further declares that she was married to the said James Fleming in Preble County & State of Ohio on the 12 th day of November 1834 by one Samuel Mitchell a clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Johnson and that her said husband died at Preble County and State of Ohio on the 13 th day of April AD 1835 and that she is now a widow. she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress approved March 3 rd 1855. and that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of congress nor made any other application therefor Mary Fleming

We Isaac L Johnston and Isaac Stephens residents of Preble county Ohio upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Fleming in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Isaac L Johnston Stephens
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year within written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & seal of office this 9 th day of April 1888 John V. Campbell Probate Judge
we the undersigned say upon our Oaths that we are acquainted with the above named Mary Fleming and we were acquainted with her husband James Fleming and we know that the said James Fleming is dead he died at the time and place stated by the said Mary Fleming in her declaration and we know that the said Mary Fleming is now a widow
Isaac L Johnston Stephens
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 th April 1888.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of Office this day & year last aforesaid
John V. Campbell Probate Judge

March 2, 1938.
Mrs. A. J. Berger Box 379 Arkansas City, Kansas.
BA-J/ILL James Fleming W. 646
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Fleming who served from North Carolina, and died, probably, in Ohio, and state that the pension file number is 640.
The record of James Fleming is furnished herein as found in pension claim W. 646, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the pensioner cited by you as claim #640.
James Fleming was born in the year 1762, in that part of Rowan County, North Carolina, which was later Iredell County; the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in Rowan County, North Carolina, in March 1779, and served three months as a private in Captain James Hall's company of light horse, in the North Carolina troops. He enlisted in that same county some time in July 1780, and served in Captain William Stewart's company, Colonel Davie's North Carolina regiment until October 17, 1780, when he was discharged.
James Fleming was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Preble County, Ohio; he had resided in that county about twenty-five years. He died April 13, 1835, in that county.
James Fleming married November 12, 1834, in Preble County, Ohio, Mary Johnston; they were married by a Minister. The soldier's name was recorded then as James Fleming, Senior. No reference was made

to a former marriage of said James Fleming.
Mary Fleming, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 29, 1853, at which time she resided in Preble County, Ohio. In 1868, she was a resident of New Paris, Preble County, Ohio; she was aged then eighty years.
There are no further data in regard to the family of James Fleming.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:
Mary Fleming, widow of James Fleming, Certificate #2121 Issued October 31, 1868 Rate $96 per annum Commenced July 27, 1868 Act of February 3, 1853. Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

97- To Saml. H. Richey Winton Place, Ohio. -98. History to Mr. Richey. Offord Ohio.
15 Hist. to H. C. Weiford 23 Hist. to Audrey B. Foster 1926 Sept. 27. photos mailed to Wm F. E. Gurley, 6151 University Ave. Chicago Ills. (see receipt for payment in Reg. L. Mc Gavoock. S. 18948 Aug)
1936 - Nov. 17 - Hist. to Mrs. Mary Fleming. L.L.L. 1938 - Mar. 2 - Hist. to Mrs. A. J. Berger.
Bray
WIDOW, &c.
Dec. 16
Jan. 4 S.C.
1907 Nov 1908 Apr.
File No. 646 Mary Fleming, Widow James Fleming, Pans. Rev. Weyf. Act Feb 3. 1853.
Index :—Vol. A , Page 242

Pension Office September 15/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c J Burt Esqr 3 Aud of Resnt S. Cole for Comt
James Fleming, act 32, $25.00 p. an. - Paid to 4 th March 1835, no date of death on our Books.
J. Burt Auditor.

No 2611
July 6, 1853
App l of Mary Fleming, Widow of Jas. Fleming,
Preble co., Ohio.
Act 3 d Feby., 1853
Rev. Allowed $25 per ann. Com. Feb 3 - 1853
J. Stephens, Eaton, Ohio.
Deposition Office, Official Business

2 42.738
1 Neo Acus

1861 July 15. Pension year " " 31 Hon C L Wallandigham
2121
Ohio Cincinnati Mary Fleming widow of James.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Sept r , 1853. and sent to
S. Stephens Eaton Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 162 Vol. A
Feb. 3, 1853
1832

James Fleming W.C.H.G. N.C.

That James Fleming has performed his tour of duty in the light horse service from Carolina and is now discharged from service is certified by Affidavit hereof July 5 th 1779. James Hall Capt.

James Fleming W. C. H. Co. N.C.

October 17 th 1780 It is hereby certified that James Fleming has served three months in my Company in the Corps com- manded by Colo Davie W. H. B. 1780 October 17 th 1780 James Fleming Is hereby Discharged From the Service Richard Major

FLEMING, JAMES (N.C.) W-646

I DO HERE BY CERTIFY, That
James Fleming hath taken and subscribed the Oath of Alle- giance and Fidelity, as directed by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of South- Carolina, entitled, "An Act to oblige eve- ry free Male Inhabitant of this State, a- bove a certain Age, to give Assurance of Fidelity and Allegiance to the same; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
october 6 th 1748
Robt. G. [unintelligible]

The State of Ohio, Preble County p I John V. Campbell. Judge of the Probate Court, within and for the County of Preble and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that James Fleming Senr. & Mary Johnston, were legally married, on the twelfth day of November Anno Domini, Eighteen hundred and thirty four, by Samuel Mitchell a Minister of the Gospel , as appears from the Record of Marriages of said County of Preble now remaining in my Office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office as Judge of the Probate Court of Preble County, this 11 th day of April A.D. 1855
John V. Campbell Probate Judge Preble County Ohio

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Fleming which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No — Two Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Says he has no living witness
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

Brief in the case of Mrs Mary Fleming widow of James Preble County and State of Ohio act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $25 per annum
Pri
(If for increase.) Marriage record — public record Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death cr. mtt's
Identity cr. mtt's
Name and residence of Agent
J Stephens Eaton Ohio
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

2121 Increase Brief in the Case of Mary Fleming. Widow of Isaac James Pair of Rev. New Paris - Cin Preble County and State of Ohio She Act Feb 3. 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension at $25. per annum roll of Ohio. She returns her certificate with application for increase under act of July 27. 1868.
Personal identity & widowhood shown
Admitted Oct 22. 1868 to a pension at $96. per annum to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay since
Name and residence of Agent.
Robert Miller Eaton
Preble Co Ohio
W. Frank Examining Clerk.

Payment to be made at Cincinnati by Joel C. Green
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Ohio
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 162 Vol. A
G. T. Getty Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Fleming James Fleming widow of who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty five dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty third day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Robert L. Keating
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Wallace Commissioner of Pensions.

Pension Office May 16 1850
Sir
I herewith return the letter of A. Haines Esq. in the case of the widow of James Fleming and have to state that to entitle her to a pension under act 29 th July 1848 she should have been married before the January 1, 1800, or before 1794, under act 7 July 1838, and if before the termination of her husband's service, under act 4 July 1836. Enclosed are the regulations under these several acts, for her perusal
Hon. R. C. Schenck. M. R.

Meij 6/50

Eaton Noble Co. Ohio Oct. 14, 1868
Chas. C. Cox Comp d Pensions Washington D.C.
Dr. Sir,
I enclose find the application of Mary Fleming the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier for an increase of her pension under Sec 13 of the act of July 27, 1868 accompanied by her Certificate issued under act of Feb 3 1853.
Yours Truly Robert Miller

Pension Agency, Cincinnati July 25th 1861.
Sir,
Yours of the 16th inst— stating that I. Stephens Esq., through Hon. C. L. Vallandingham, had informed you that I had refused to pay the pension due Mrs. Mary Fleming, without an order from you — has been received.
In reply I would state, that since I have had charge of this office, no application has been presented to me for the payment of the pension due Mrs. Mary Fleming, consequently I have had no occasion to refuse the payment thereof. I have never seen Mr. Stevens, and know of no reason why Mrs. Mary Fleming should not be paid, if proper application be made.
Respectfully Yours
H. C. Borden
Pension Agent.
Jos. H. Barrett Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Application of Mary Fleming for Increase of Pension
Applicant's Address, New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio.
Robert Miller Atty Wapakoneta Preble Co. Ohio

The State of Ohio Preble County ss On this 30th day of September A.D. 1868 personally appeared before me Geo. W. Thompson Judge of the Probate Court within and for the county and State aforesaid Mary Fleming aged 80 years a resident of New Paris in the County of Preble in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declared that she is the identical Mary Fleming to whom was granted Pension Certificate No. _____ payable at Cincinnati at the rate of twenty-five dollars per annum issued under the act of Feb- ruary 3. 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27. 1868 and she herewith surrenders her said original Certificate. My Post office address is New Paris, Preble County Ohio, Mary Fleming
Also personally appeared Isaac S. Johnson and Sarah Johnson of Eaton Preble County Ohio persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly

2 Sworn say they were present and saw Mary Fleming sign her name to the foregoing declaration and they further swear that they have good reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Isaac L Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of September A.D. 1868 and I certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Eaton the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. W. Thompson,
Probate Judge,
Putnam County, Ohio;

The State of Ohio Preble County ss Know all men by these Presents That I Mary Fleming do hereby appoint and constitute Robert Miller Esq, of Eaton Preble County Ohio my true and lawful attorney to prosecute my foregoing claim for an increase of my said Pension and I do here- by authorize him to receive and receipt for the certificate which may issue in my name on my said claim.
Witness my hand and seal this 9 th day of October A.D. 1868
Signed and sealed in presence of { Mary Fleming Seal + Isaac Johnson + Sarah Johnson
The State of Ohio Preble County ss On this 9 th day of October A.D. 1868 before the undersigned authority within and for said County personally came said Mary Fleming and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein named
A. L. Harris Notary Public

11 The state of Ohio Prittle county ss
I Hiram Shank Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do certify that A. L. Harris
12 Before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made over at the time of taking the same and still is an acting Notary Public within and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, and that the signature purporting to be his to said acknowledgement is his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Eaton this 13 day of October A.D. 1848 Hiram Shank Clerk

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
The Veteran's Administration Bureau of Pensions, - Revolutionary War Section Washington D.C.

Box 379. Arkansas City, Kansas . Feb. 15, 1938 Veteran's Administration, Pension Div., Rev. War Section, Washington, DC.
Dear Sir: Will you please advise of the family data given in the Revolutionary War pension record allowed James Fleming who served from North Carolina. (He may have died in Ohio, but am not certain). This pension I believe is in file #640, at least this number was given to me in connection with the information said James Fleming, -or his widow, received a pension. I shall also appreciate any information given in any pension record granted the widow, or wife, of James Fleming, and am especially anxious to learn the names of children of James Fleming, dates of birth, marriage etc. Will you also give information so I may obtain information regarding the last payment of pension from the Comptroller General. Thanking you kindly, I am
Respectfully
Ruth A. Berger Mrs A.J. Berger

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A.O.T.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Elizabeth
Soldier James Fleming
Service N. C.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above. Widow File 646 is the claim in which the soldier's pension was allowed Feb 22, 1833 No other invalid
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2104 State St., Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 28, 1936.
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of James Fleming born Iredell Co., N. C. 1762; died Preble Co., Ohio 1835; married (1) about 1784 Elizabeth Mitchell; m(2) Mary — ; pensioner 1832 in Ohio; served in Rev. Army in North Carolina.
Also please send War of 1812 record of James Watson, born in Ga. abt 1785; died in Ala. 1862; married Priscilla Fears. Served with George Troops.
Very truly yours, (Mrs) Mary B. Fleming.
Send one / Mrs. Fanch

W646 Eaton Ohio April 15, 1908 Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
As I wish to complete my record for membership in Daughters of Revolution I write to you for official record of James Fleming of Preble Co, Private and Corporal. He was placed on Pension

Roll Feb 22, 1833 Under Act of Congress June 7, 1832.
Thanking you in advance for same, I am
Very respectfully, (Miss) Audley B. Foster

Fleming, of this city.
With high regard
Henry Dudley Norton
964 Broadway
Denver
Colo.

CRUX MIHI CERTA SALUS.
HELIE, Count de Maine, A. D. 1097.
Ancestor of the Plantagenets, and the first to adopt the cross as an armorial bearing.
Cave Castle, Yorkshire, England,
Residence of JOHN WASHINGTON, Esq., Great Grand-Father of Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
HENRY DUDLEY TEETOR, LAWYER AND GENEALOGIST.
NEG GLADIO NEG ARCU.
Origin and History of Families a Specialty.
ENGRAVINGS OF OLD CASTLES, MANSIONS, PORTRAITS, AUTOGRAPHS, COATS OF ARMS, CRESTS, ETC.,
FURNISHED AS ILLUSTRATIONS OF FAMILY HISTORY.
WASHINGTON'S ARMS.
London, England, 189 Edinburgh, Scotland, 189
Boston, Mass., 189 Denver, Colo., Feb. 23, 189 3.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Sir:-
Several weeks ago I wrote your department, (to which I have received no answer as yet), making inquiry concerning the issue of a pension to James Fleming who served in a Virginia or North Carolina Regiment during the revolutionary War. The tradition in the family is that he held a small office, Capt. or Major, of a regiment, for one of these states. He lived first in Iredell Co., N.C. next moved to Fleming Co., Kentucky, and in 1807 removed to Preble Co., Ohio, where he died.
Will you kindly make investigations accordingly and impart all the information ascertainable to me. I address you in behalf of his great grandson, Hon. Josiah Mitchell
"The sacred tie of FAMILY, reaching backward and forward, binds the generations of men together, and draws out the plaintive music of our being from the solemn alternation of cradle and grave."
EDWARD EVERETT.

First National Bank.
Capital, $50,000.
F. S. Heath, President. O. M. Bake, Vice Pres. C. A. Shera, Cashier. S. C. Richey, Vice Pres. W. M. Shera, Assistant Cashier.
Oxford, Ohio,
Dec. 20 th 1897
Bureau of Pensions Washington
Sir
DEC 24 1897
My Great Grandfather James Fleming enlisted in army March 1779 served 4 mos as private under Capt Jas Hall from North Carolina Enlisted July 1880 served 3 mos as private under Capt Wm Stewart of North Carolina - Residing at that time in Rowena Co N.C.
Applied for Pension Sept. 1882 + received same Residence at that time in Preble Co Ohio.
Born in Fredell Co N.C. in 1762
Can't you send me a certified copy of above facts, so my son can join Sons of Revolution - Ready to pay charges made -
Respectfully &c S.C. Richey

Steam Band Saw Mills and Booms, Valley View, Ky.
Planing Mills and Distributing Yards, Winton Place, C.
M. B. Farrin, Manufacturer.
Yellow Poplar Beveled Siding a Specialty.
Cincinnati, Dec 4/97
OUR MOTTO: GOOD QUALITY, HONEST QUANTITY, SELL CHEAP, SELL A HEAP. AND KEEP EVERLASTINGLY AT IT.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Col. F. C. Armstrong refers me to you for information regarding services of James Fleming in war of the rebellion. He was a private & enlisted & placed on pension roll No. 22 1833, under act of congress June 7/1832.
Believe me that selected from North Carolina & resident of Ohio at time pension was granted.
This information is necessary for my admission to the "Dawes of the Rebellion". Any information you may furnish me will be much appreciated.
Yours truly Sam W. Ritchey
Address Sam W. Ritchey Winton Place, C.

Erie Railroad Company,
Huntington, Ind., Jan. 16, 1904.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you be good enough to send me a certified copy of the war record of James Fleming, who served two enlistments in the Revolutionary Army and drew a pension. All I wish is a copy of that part of the record showing this fact for the purpose of establishing my eligibility to member- ship in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
This favor will be very greatly appre- ciated.
Very truly yours,
Hervey C. Weiford

Huntington Ind. Nov. 1st. 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I have been a long time getting the information to fill up the enclosed blank but here it is as complete as I am able to make it. The soldier James Fleming who's record I desire was my great grand father.
Very respectfully yours,
Hervey C. Weiford

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sion on file in this Bureau.
James Fleming Med. 646
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 1779 3 mos. Pvt. James Hall Ky.   July 1780 3 mos. William Stewart Davis        
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Rowan Co. Ky.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 21, 1832. The claim allowed.
Residence at date of application, Preble Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 1769 in 1769 in part of Rowan Co. which is now Tridell Co. Ky. Died Apr. 13, 1855 in Preble Co. Ohio.
Remarks: Soldier married Nov. 12, 1804 Mary Johnston. She was allowed pension on ap. 24, June 29, 1853, when a resident of Preble Co. Ohio aged 66 years.
OTY
Very respectfully,

November 17, 1936.
Mrs. Mary B. Fleming 2104 State Street Nashville, Tennessee.
BA-J/ILL James Fleming W. 646
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Fleming, a pensioner of Ohio in 1832, and the War of 1812 record of James Watson who served from Georgia.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data, and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request for information regarding soldiers of those wars. The record of James Fleming is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 646, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
James Fleming was born in the year 1762, in that part of Rowan County, North Carolina, which was later Iredell County; the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in Rowan County, North Carolina, in March 1779, and served three months as private in Captain James Hall's company of light horse, North Carolina troops. He enlisted in that same county some time in July 1780, and served in Captain William Stewart's company, Colonel Davie's North Carolina regiment until October 17, 1780, when he was discharged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Preble County, Ohio, in which county he had resided about twenty-five years.
The soldier died April 13, 1835, in Preble County, Ohio.

James Fleming married November 12, 1834 in Preble County, Ohio, Mary Johnston; they were married by a Minister. The soldier's name was recorded then James Fleming, Senior. No reference was made to a former marriage of said James Fleming.
Mary Fleming, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 29, 1853, at which time she resided in Preble County, Ohio. In 1868, she was residing in New Paris, Preble County, Ohio; she was then aged eighty years.
There are no further data regarding the family of James Fleming.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.